Category Archives: money matters

South African Banking Fleece

Posted on October 14, 2010 by 1Earth

In South Africa’s apparent competitive environment, it seems big name companies that are supposed to be in competition often work together to fleece the consumer. Banks are no different. It was with disgust that I read in this article exactly … Continue reading →

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Maybank’s Debit Card Catches Up

Posted on September 10, 2009 by 1Earth

I can’t be sure when exactly it happened, but at last Maybank enabled all the goodies on their debit card and is it finally the only debit card I need to do everything, even online purchases and PayPal payouts. Late … Continue reading →

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Who falls for these scams?

Posted on December 6, 2007 by 1Earth

I received the following scam email at work. I work at a hotel, so this email is not totally misdirected. I post it here verbatim, errors and all. I’m no genius and I have been scammed before, but people who … Continue reading →

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Electronic Device & Other Woes

Posted on December 4, 2007 by 1Earth

The last 72 hours has been a costly pile-up of bills for me and for the next few days my beloved computer room, my blogging space, my physical my-space, will not be my favourite place. Yesterday morning, before work, I … Continue reading →

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Google’s Page Rank

Posted on November 14, 2007 by 1Earth

As always, I’m a little behind – which could explain the 0 I have in my Google Toolbar, but just now when I accessed Google.com I realised that finally something has been implemented that should really have been there from … Continue reading →

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